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Personal Ties

Ganthasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.174Linked Discourses 45.174
  • 0.214. Oghavagga14. Floods

0.3GanthasuttaPersonal Ties

1.1PTS 5.60“Cattārome, bhikkhave, ganthā.“Mendicants, there are these four ties.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Abhijjhā kāyagantho, byāpādo kāyagantho, sīlabbataparāmāso kāyagantho, idaṁsaccābhiniveso kāyagantho—The personal ties to covetousness, ill will, misapprehension of precepts and observances, and the insistence that this is the only truth.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ganthā.These are the four ties.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ganthānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four ties.”

1.6Catutthaṁ.